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I have heard Mpls MN is a lovely city. But I'm not sure it has quite the same "cachet" as Portland, Seattle and Austin. Mpls MN has been a great city for a long, long time, but Portland/Seattle/Austin really became big on the scene in the last 15-20 yrs. I think Portland/Seattle/Austin also have more of a national draw, where people from all over the U.S. now want to move there. Where I would not say that people all over the U.S. want to move to MPLS. Nothing against MPLS at all, like I said I have heard nothing but good things. Also, the tendency in terms of population shifts the past 40+ years in the U.S. is to move to more mild winter climates (which Austin, Portland, Seattle have), midwest cities do not have a mild winters. So the next hip city is likely to be in a more mild climate area.
Agreed. However I would venture to guess that there will be yet another shift away from Sun Belt cities and towards cities that currently people consider to be undesirable climate-wise, such as Minneapolis, Cleveland, Chicago and even Seattle and Portland (which aren't exactly climate paradises either). Global Warming will likely make this trend a reality, the only question is when?
Your first paragraph part of your post could happen. Maybe there will be a trend where people will go back to more affordable, less crowded, older places with more water that are in the rust belt areas. But your 2nd paragraph....I'm talking next hot up and coming city in the next 10-15 years. I don't see mass evacuations from coastal cities happening in the next 10-15 yrs.
I tend to agree, with a few minor exceptions. I can see Minneapolis being in that mix, as well as Columbus, Des Moines, Madison and Grand Rapids as moderate metros growing at or above 15% per decade. Others that could grow that fast include Indy and Omaha (as well as New Orleans), and I think several current "dying" or slow-growth cities could start to grow much faster than they have in the last 60 years, including: Cleveland, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Cincy, Baltimore and Milwaukee and maybe even Detroit (relative to now at least).
Will any of these cities and their predicted growth rates exceed the Sun Belt or West Coast cities in the next 10-15 years? Probably not. But I think the balance may begin to start shifting somewhat by then.
Cincinnati isn't being considered for the 2016 DNC namely because it never submitted a bid for such. Earlier on, the city withdrew its bid for the 2016 RNC because of an inadequate arena.
Boise and Spokane, and I'd love to see a city boom on the Oregon Coast but I don't see that happening at least right now.
Its kinda weird that oregon has no major coastal city. But at the rate they are they would need actually create a real city. I think in the future that could be a real possibility if there was enough money interested.
I admittedly know very little about Oregon but isn't most of the coastline VERY rough and inhospitable for living (I.e. Large waves, rocky shoreline, strong winds, steep cliffs, etc)?
Its kinda weird that oregon has no major coastal city. But at the rate they are they would need actually create a real city. I think in the future that could be a real possibility if there was enough money interested.
Neither Oregon or Washington will ever have a major city be created along either of its coasts. Both states have established parks and wildlife reserves on both the state and national level along the entire Pacific Northwest coastline, as well with Native American reservations. Suffice it to say, it's doubtful that the people of either state would allow developers to ravage their pristine land... At least not anytime soon.
Boise? No way. The last thing this country needs is another unsustainable desert city.
You must not know much about Boise because it is sustainable, eco friendly, and has a greater water supply then almost every city in the Mountain West with deep underground acquifers and abundant water from the massive Boise River watershed which begins in the Sawtooth Wilderness and flows through the forested mountains and river canyons to the valley. The Treasure Valley which Boise is in is one of the USA's and worlds most productive and diverse agricultural regions. The Treasure Valley helps feed America and the world and I'm pretty sure some of the products grown in the Treasure Valley feed your hungry belly over there in the midwest. Hardly "unsustainable". If anything, the Boise area sustains lol.
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